Teaching on cloud nine [Geeky]

I am a geek. There's no point in denying it, so I may as well put it to use. Ever since I was flipping between 5.25" floppy discs on our Apple IIgs, I've been an early-adopter of technology.

This post serves as a holding pen for the technology resources I'm currently using. You'll always be able to access this post from the tab "Cloud Resources" at the top of the page. I should explain what I mean by "Cloud Resources." Wikipedia defines Cloud Computing as

" Internet-based ('cloud') development and use of computer technology ('computing')."

I think of "the cloud" as "on the web." Odds are everyone who reads this post is using the cloud without realizing it. Web-based email (Hotmail, Yahoo! Mail, Gmail, etc.) are all cloud-based email services. Your emails are stored (in most general cases) on your provider's servers, not your computer. Some of you may download a copy of your email to your computers using IMAP or POP3, but being able to access your email from any computer that is connected to the web makes it cloud-computing. An Interenet connection grants you access to the cloud where your "stuff" is stored.

This post will be formatted as a list of the resources including a link to the resource's site and a link to my post about the resource with an in-depth analysis, review of features, and application to teaching. As it will be a holding pen, there may be times where I haven't had the chance to write up a post about a resource in the list, but I will have a link to the resource's site. On with the list!

• Google Apps (Gmail, Calendar, Notebook, Docs, Maps, Earth, Picassa, Blogger, Sketchup)
  
• Dropbox
• Remember The Milk
• Teachertube